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Optical illusions can be fun to experience and debate, but understanding how human brains perceive these different phenomena remains an active area of scientific research. There's a 50% chance the dress is blue
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Mysterious hooded computer guys doing mysterious hooded computer guy .. things! Who knows what kind of naughty digital mischief they might be up to? "That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over!"
But it's actually got a "happy" ending. OK, maybe just hopeful.
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"Former Google CEO predicts the internet will split in two by 2028 — and one part will be led by China" CNBC [^] Quote: "I think the most likely scenario now is not a splintering, but rather a bifurcation into a Chinese-led internet and a non-Chinese internet led by America.
If you look at China, and I was just there, the scale of the companies that are being built, the services being built, the wealth that is being created is phenomenal. Chinese Internet is a greater percentage of the GDP of China, which is a big number, than the same percentage of the US, which is also a big number.
If you think of China as like 'Oh yeah, they're good with the Internet,' you're missing the point. Globalization means that they get to play too. I think you're going to see fantastic leadership in products and services from China. There's a real danger that along with those products and services comes a different leadership regime from government, with censorship, controls, etc.
Look at the way BRI works – their Belt and Road Initiative, which involves 60-ish countries – it's perfectly possible those countries will begin to take on the infrastructure that China has with some loss of freedom."
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
modified 20-Sep-18 22:44pm.
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The saddest part is... I don't really see the answer to: What is worst?
Some loss of freedom?
or
The delusion of freedom, in which you are actually the product and not the customer?
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Hi Brother Nelek,
I focus on what I believe is "best:" the illusion of the gift of this life, in this human form, in a world of illusions 
cheers, Bill
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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Starting with Windows 10 October 2018 Update and Windows Server 2019, .NET Framework fixes will be delivered through a Cumulative Update for .NET Framework. An update on updates
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A security researcher has published details of a vulnerability in a popular cloud storage drive after the company failed to issue security patches for over a year. Not "My Cloud", but "Everyone's Cloud"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: in a popular cloud storage drive after the company failed to issue security patches for over a year.
Did they even try it? Or is it an english peculiarity that "failing" implies not doing anything too?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Internet of Sh*t (@internetofshit) | Twitter
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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For integer g≥5, we prove that any positive integer can be written as a sum of three palindromes in base g. "Never odd or even"
OK, not earth-shattering, but it's Friday (at least when the newsletter itself goes out)
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Instead of coming home to a new (partially damaged) Amazon box of goodies as some people eagerly look forward to, Steve Teixeira the GM for the Windows dev ecosystem at Microsoft came home and became the development lead of Windows apps such as Notepad and Calculator. That can't be a great career sign
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Researchers in UC Santa Barbara professor Yasamin Mostofi's lab have given the first demonstration of crowd counting through walls using only everyday communication signals such as WiFi. At the very least, you can count all the people wandering around trying to find a WiFi signal
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Cloud Source Repositories is powered by the same underlying code search infrastructure that Google engineers perform their code searches on every day. You get super fast results and save a lot of time finding that piece of code that you know you’ve seen before. They're going to index it anyway, might as well give it up voluntarily
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According to documents filed by federal prosecutors ahead of the hearing, the three men have already been assisting the FBI, helping law enforcement officials thwart cyberattacks and develop better strategies for mitigating new methods of attack. "Set a thief to catch a thief"
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A prototype archiving system called Olive lets vintage code run on today’s computers "That is not dead which can eternal lie"
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ICANN will soon begin implementing DNS Root KSK rollover to bolster internet’s address book Don't let the barn door hit that horse that's already out
That was awkwardly worded, wasn't it? Send emergency coffee!
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The compiler framework that powers Rust, Swift, and Clang offers new and revised tools for optimization, linking, and debugging Because Ladies Love Virtual Machines
Sorry, I already used the only song I know from LL Cool J. When I'm not getting him mixed up with Tone Loc.
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European regulators are taking a preliminary look at Amazon’s third-party data collection practices as part of an early antitrust probe. Europe discovers the Amazon
"Well, we soaked Apple and Google, who's left?"
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EU now investigating common sense; finds it unfair.
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It’s surprisingly hard for organizations to kill existing initiatives, even when they don’t align with new strategies. Instead, leaders keep layering on initiatives, which can lead to severe overload at levels below the executive team. If it ain't broke, keep working at it until it is
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It’s surprisingly hard for organizations to kill fire existing initiatives managers, even when they don’t align with new strategies. Instead, leaders executives keep layering on initiatives more managers, which can lead to severe overload at levels below above the executive teams that actually do the work.
Which is the real reason for the difficulty in killing off existing initiatives.
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Perhaps I misread it, but the article leaves out an important factor; a project may be the brainchild of the president or CEO (more problematic if they are a founder.)
In one case in my past, a company president became convinced computers worked differently than they actually do and kept asking me to implement a feature to leverage this fantasy. I patiently explained why the feature wouldn't work, my boss did the same. Turns out that a year prior, the senior architect had fought the same battle. All to no avail.
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With the new C++ standards, we got a lot of features that feel like “quality-of-life” features. They make things easier for the programmer but do not add functionality that wasn’t already there. Did #pragma finish_my_job make it?
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Newegg is clearing up its website after a month-long data breach. Bad news for fans of cheap pricing
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